SmartPtr/CopiedPtrPolicies.hpp

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#ifndef THOR_COPIEDPTRPOLICIES_HPP
#define THOR_COPIEDPTRPOLICIES_HPP

#include <typeinfo>
#include <cassert>


namespace thor
{
namespace detail
{

    // Suppresses warnings at some compilers because the variable seems to be unused (although it is needed as typeid operand)
    inline void SuppressUnusedWarning(const void*)
    {
    }
    
    // Returns true when the dynamic types of *lhs and *rhs are equal
    template <typename T>
    bool SameDynamicPointerType(const T* lhs, const T* rhs)
    {
        SuppressUnusedWarning(lhs);
        SuppressUnusedWarning(rhs);
    
        return typeid(*lhs) == typeid(*rhs);
    }
    
    // Returns true when the dynamic types of Lhs and *rhs are equal
    template <typename Lhs>
    bool SameDynamicPointerType(const Lhs* rhs)
    {
        SuppressUnusedWarning(rhs);
            
        return typeid(Lhs) == typeid(*rhs);
    }
    
} // namespace detail

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



template <typename T>
struct StaticCopy
{
    static T* Copy(const T* originPtr)
    {
        T* copiedPtr = new T(*originPtr);
        
        // Prevent slicing
        assert( detail::SameDynamicPointerType<T>(copiedPtr, originPtr) );
        
        return copiedPtr;
    }
    
    static void Destroy(T* pointer)
    {
        // Check if it's safe to delete pointer and if we don't slice a base object
        assert( !pointer || detail::SameDynamicPointerType<T>(pointer) );
        
        delete pointer;
    }
};

template <typename T>
struct DynamicCopy
{
    template <class DynamicType> 
    static T* Copy(const DynamicType* originPtr)
    {
        T* copiedPtr = new DynamicType(*originPtr);
        
        // Make sure we called the actual dynamic type's copy constructor and prevent slicing.
        // In case this assertion fails, you didn't pass a pointer to the object's actual type at SmartPtr(U*) or Reset(U*).
        // If U is not polymorphic (which is allowed), typeid can't access the dynamic types, therefore it only compares the static
        // types, which are of course equal. In this case, the assertion is useless, but not problematic.
        // Ignore const-qualification for comparison
        assert( detail::SameDynamicPointerType<T>(copiedPtr, originPtr) );
        
        // Return pointer to deeply copied instance
        return copiedPtr;
    }
    
    template <class DynamicType> 
    static void Destroy(DynamicType* pointer)
    {   
        // Check if it's safe to delete pointer and if we don't slice a base object
        assert( !pointer || detail::SameDynamicPointerType<DynamicType>(pointer) );
        
        delete pointer;
    }
};

template <typename T>
struct VirtualClone
{
    static T* Copy(const T* originPtr)
    {
        T* clonedPtr = originPtr->Clone();
        
        // Make sure the Clone() function is correctly implemented (one can easily forget to override it in a derived class without
        // getting any compiler error or warning). The comparison shall not fail because of CV-qualifiers, so cast it.
        assert( detail::SameDynamicPointerType<T>(clonedPtr, originPtr) );
        
        // Return pointer to cloned instance
        return clonedPtr;
    }
    
    static void Destroy(T* pointer)
    {
        delete pointer;
    }
};


} // namespace thor

#endif // THOR_COPIEDPTRPOLICIES_HPP